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Fuse Theatre Ensemble presents

The Whitman Sampler by Layer Hendrix

A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.

What  does it mean to be human? An artificial intelligence is searching Walt Whitman’s poetry for the answer. Welcome to the Whitman Sampler, the first piece of transhuman generative theatre, where code meets soul. Step into the body electric, where you don't just watch the story; you customize it. Powered by real-time audience input, the machine contains multitudes, but its output is dictated  by you. Can Whitman’s rawest meditations on the cosmos be harvested to sprout new leaves of digital grass? Or does the song of myself have no algorithm?

November 13th-21st, at The Back Door Theatre

  • Whitman Sampler
    Whitman Sampler
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Nov 13
    Nov 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Fuse Theatre Ensemble - The Back Door Th, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215, USA
    A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.
  • Whitman Sampler
    Whitman Sampler
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Nov 14
    Nov 14, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Fuse Theatre Ensemble - The Back Door Th, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215, USA
    A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.
  • Whitman Sampler
    Whitman Sampler
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Nov 15
    Nov 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
    Fuse Theatre Ensemble - The Back Door Th, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215, USA
    A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.
  • Whitman Sampler
    Whitman Sampler
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Nov 19
    Nov 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Fuse Theatre Ensemble - The Back Door Th, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215, USA
    A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.
  • Whitman Sampler
    Whitman Sampler
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Nov 20
    Nov 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Fuse Theatre Ensemble - The Back Door Th, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215, USA
    A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.
  • Whitman Sampler
    Whitman Sampler
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Nov 21
    Nov 21, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Fuse Theatre Ensemble - The Back Door Th, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215, USA
    A 60 minute improv, sketch and multimedia mash up of AI trepidation and the life of America’s bard.
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